tswhitsel
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| Have you seen Eric Clapton at his best? Dweller:I grew up with Eric Clapton's music beginning with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers in 1966 and saw Cream live during their first US tour. I am not being critical of ECs obvious talent as a blues/rock guitarist, only the silly notion that he is... | |
| Have you seen Eric Clapton at his best? "Seriously, I believe EC to be the greatest guitar player on earth (Jimi, as we all know, came from another planet!)."When I see statements such as this attributed to Eric Clapton I shake my head in wonder. A more accurate statement would be "I be... | |
| what is your take on Bryston's clipping issue? "If you own Magnepan speakers, then you really owe it to yourself to audition them with a Bryston amp. Its not for nothing that Magnepan has used Bryston amplification for show demos."That's a quote from John Crossett in his review of the 4B-SST ... | |
| If you had to pay full retail, would you...??? I'm quite comfortable paying full retail for the gear I buy from my local dealer . It doesn't take many "discount mistakes" to offset the cost of a paying a good dealer his markup.Gliderguider, I found your comments of interest and took a few mo... | |
| Best "Rock/Pop" Debut Album? Here are a few more I missed to add to my 60's/70's era list above:THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION - 'Freak Out'PINK FLOYD 'The Piper at the Gates of Dawn'- I bought this when it first came out in 1967. According to Wikipedia "It is now viewed as one of ... | |
| Best "Rock/Pop" Debut Album? THE BEATLES With the Beatles (Meet the Beatles in the US) perhaps Im dating myself a bit, but the impact of this LP on the entire world was, and is, unprecedented in the world of popular music. Is it their best work? Hardly (in my opinion R... | |
| Phono stage for Denon DL103R This will not answer your question on whether or not the MF phono stage is compatible with these two cartridges, however, assuming you are still using the VPI Scout you may wish to consider a different cartridge altogether.Both of these cartridges... | |
| Phono pre-amp for Shelter 501 MK The 834P would be one of your best choices and you can easily find one used here on Audiogon for well under $1100 (around $600 in black). They are plentiful (for good reason) and easy to resell should you wish to try something different. I've owne... | |
| What well known MC cartridges can use a MM pre?? I used to own a Modulus 3A and found it did not have quite enough gain for my Grado Reference which had 1.5mV output, but my EAR 834P was a nice match with the AI so it was not an issue. I was able to use the Grado without the EAR, but it meant no... | |
| Inventory of vinyl - what software do you use? "Using a spreadsheet you construct from scratch is a horrible idea. Why would you want to type all of that in when it has already been done?"Has it been done? I bet not. If so I sure would like to know where I can find it. I believe the topic was ... | |
| Inventory of vinyl - what software do you use? I too have been cataloging my vinyl, but it never even occured to me look for specific software. Thats what spreadsheets are for and I use Excel. The nice thing about Excel is you can lay it out any way you like, with as much or as little space as... | |
| First Tube Preamp Be sure to consider an Audible Illusions Modulus 3 at around $600 or 3A if you can spend closer to $1000. Someone has a 3 on auction here at present. Easily one of the best and most reliable tube designs around and they have a really great phono s... | |
| HSU VTF-2 MK 2 - How is the quality these days? I have owned a VTF-3 MK2 for two years, which I purchased new. It is used for several hours weekly and has performed flawlessly. Build quality is excellent as is the sound. Cannot tell you specifically about the VTF-2, but my extensive research be... | |
| If boulder is tops what is second tier? Albert that is an interesting comment coming from Boulders designer. What is even more interesting to me is that Boulder is not the only high-end amplifier manufacturer who has made this comment or one similar to it in private to me or to others ... | |
| Which processor? Linn, Rotel, Outlaw, Meridian? Since you say you will be using this system half of the time for music you may want to give more serious consideration to PLII as it is actually quite good and a huge step up from the older PL.Just because you have a Linn amp and speakers I do not... |